Andrea Sloan ‘Right to Try’ legislation filed in Texas Senate

Posted by Leigh Evans on February 24, 2015

KXAN Austin - A bill filed Monday in the Texas Senate could make it easier for terminally ill patients to get access to potentially life-saving medication. The Andrea Sloan Right to Try Act would eliminate the 30-day waiting period at the Food and Drug Administration after a pharmaceutical company voluntarily gives an otherwise terminally-ill patient access to a safe but experimental medication.

...The Texas legislation, authored by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, would not require drug companies to provide an experimental drug and it does not remove the FDA from the compassionate use process. It allows insurance companies to cover the cost of the treatment, but does not require them to do so.